I'd buy all you regulars a beer if I could right now. With our numbers, at least a few of us should get in on the next round. If we're all "ready for review," then that should mean the apocalyptic drinking doesn't need to happen quite yet. Good luck, everyone.

LEPinBOS wrote:I'd buy all you regulars a beer if I could right now. With our numbers, at least a few of us should get in on the next round. If we're all "ready for review," then that should mean the apocalyptic drinking doesn't need to happen quite yet. Good luck, everyone.

Tomorrow's St. Patrick's Day. I thought apocalyptic drinking was mandated?

Here's an interesting tidbit: decisions for grad school at Carolina this year are running a month or so behind schedule due to the new "Connect Carolina" system in place. Could explain the slower-than-usual-even-for-UNC process this cycle.

borntorun86 wrote:Here's an interesting tidbit: decisions for grad school at Carolina this year are running a month or so behind schedule due to the new "Connect Carolina" system in place. Could explain the slower-than-usual-even-for-UNC process this cycle.

SupraVln180 wrote:It's just someone 5+ years out of undergrad (white or black it doesn't matter), usually with work experience. Usually the non-traditionals we see on here are white or asian, b/c if they are not, they identify as a URM and not as non-trads.

Asian isn't an underrepresented minority? According to US News they make up 3.1% of the student body at Carolina. That seems pretty underrepresented to me.

FWIW, this makes about as much sense as saying: "Caucasians only make up 6.2% of the student body at Howard University School of Law. That seems pretty underrepresented to me."

SupraVln180 wrote:It's just someone 5+ years out of undergrad (white or black it doesn't matter), usually with work experience. Usually the non-traditionals we see on here are white or asian, b/c if they are not, they identify as a URM and not as non-trads.

Asian isn't an underrepresented minority? According to US News they make up 3.1% of the student body at Carolina. That seems pretty underrepresented to me.

FWIW, this makes about as much sense as saying: "Caucasians only make up 6.2% of the student body at Howard University School of Law. That seems pretty underrepresented to me."

Okay, except that a URM is by definition "a minority group whose percentage of the population at a given law school is lower than their percentage of the population in the country" (http://www.top-law-schools.com/urm-applicant-faq.html). 4.5% of the US population is Asian, and 3.1 < 4.5. Coincidentally, the percentage of white people in the US is higher than 6.5, so actually yes, white = URM at Howard.

Becca, URM's are groups that are underrepresented in the legal profession, not necessarily at a particular school. So, no, a white person at Howard would not be a URM. Also, Asian-Americans and Indian-Americans are not considered URM's because a large proportion of individuals in this group are highly educated therefore, probably overrepresented in the legal profession. The same cannot be said for blacks and hispanics.

As for your statistics, you can't only use UNC's numbers to try and understand the URM Boost. URM boost exists on a larger scale, because certain groups are underrepresented in the legal profession, meaning that throughout the years they have been underrepresented at ALL law schools. Asians do make up 4.5 of the US Population, however, they make up over 8 percent of TOTAL law school students. Therefore, not underrepresented, actually overrepresented.

I understand what you were trying to say, but the URM boost doesn't exist law school to law school, it exists in the law school admissions system as a whole, as part of affirmative action.

SupraVln180 wrote:It's just someone 5+ years out of undergrad (white or black it doesn't matter), usually with work experience. Usually the non-traditionals we see on here are white or asian, b/c if they are not, they identify as a URM and not as non-trads.

Asian isn't an underrepresented minority? According to US News they make up 3.1% of the student body at Carolina. That seems pretty underrepresented to me.

FWIW, this makes about as much sense as saying: "Caucasians only make up 6.2% of the student body at Howard University School of Law. That seems pretty underrepresented to me."

Okay, except that a URM is by definition "a minority group whose percentage of the population at a given law school is lower than their percentage of the population in the country" (http://www.top-law-schools.com/urm-applicant-faq.html). 4.5% of the US population is Asian, and 3.1 < 4.5. Coincidentally, the percentage of white people in the US is higher than 6.5, so actually yes, white = URM at Howard.

Fair enough, but isn't that an unacceptable consequence of your application of the term "URM"? I didn't think that being white is compatible with being a URM in the US since being a URM entails that you should get a boost in your admissions profile. This won't happen if you apply to Howard as a caucasian or am I wrong about this?

Also, if you use the general population as your benchmark for determining URMs, then either all latinos are not URMs or all of them are (based on their particular latino heritage).

Sorry. :\ That's only one anecdotal piece of evidence that doesn't necessarily predict anything. Didn't we decide (and get an email about the fact that) status checkers don't mean anything? I'm just glad to see some signs of life in that little ol office.

From what i have read on this thread there seems to be evidence that status checkers do not always update in real time. Still, why do you think they don't mean anything? That sounds like strong language, considering they do in fact change. It's safe to assume that the changes aren't arbitrary, even if they don't represent every step of the process. However, I havent received an email that addresses this, and it sounds like you did. Congrats on your auto-acceptance, that's ballin.

borntorun86 wrote:Today is the beginning of the best 3-4 weeks of the year, and it starts at 6:40 tonight when my alma mater takes on Arkansas-Little Rock in Dayton. Yeah, I'm pretty much letting admissions people know who I am (They're smart people, they could probably figure it out anyways). Don't really care. I may be a Tar Heel, but today belongs to UNC Asheville. Go Bulldogs!

Yeah, I may support the Tarheels but if UNCW ever makes the tournament again, I would have to show them the love

I know this is back from four pages but I've been meaning to ask you if that's what the "dub" in your name meant....

When it comes to "law school admission talk" it seems every school gets to decide the status titles for the status checker. Some schools say "in review" others "under review" some don't have a "ready for review" they just go from complete to in review.